The phrase "a test berth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to maritime or transportation, referring to a temporary docking space for a vessel or vehicle for testing purposes.
Example: "The ship was placed in a test berth to evaluate its performance before the official launch."
Alternatives: "a trial docking" or "a testing dock".
Position 1 in Fig. 2 is a test berth with five 11 kV submarine cables lain in depth of 50 m.
Finnish company Wello Oy is also testing its Penguin wave energy converter, while energy firm Vattenfall has secured a test berth at the Billia Croo wave test site in Orkney where they intend to test the latest generation Pelamis Wave Power device in 2014.
The reprieved leg spinner took a total of 8/204 in his next two matches, and while the figures were not overwhelming, they were enough to ensure a Test berth; with an unassailable 3 0 lead, the selectors wanted to blood new players.
For next summer a Test berth beckons.
Cameron White might have hoped for a Test berth himself but could at least console himself with the being named the top domestic player of the last 12 months and gaining T20 selection, while Jordan Silk was rewarded for a prosperous year of state cricket with the Bradman Young Player award.
The question then is why: why has Marsh received such special treatment from successive Australian selection panels when his fellow competitors for a Test batting berth, such as Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith and Phil Hughes, are required to satisfy the high, performance-based standards that Australia has always required of its Test cricketers?
There are seven test berths within an area of 2 km width in the testing field.
ScottishPower Renewables and E.On are also working together with the Pelamis P2 device at adjacent test berths in an effort to learn from operating and maintaining the machines as a wave farm.
The test berths are represented by Position in Fig. 4.
There are totally 5 test berths in the wave energy testing field in Billia Croo.
So far none of the California-based company's rivals has managed to get a spacecraft to a launchpad, although Orbital Sciences Corporation, which also won Nasa "seed money" to develop cargo missions, has a test flight and berthing of its Cygnus craft scheduled for June and its first contracted supply mission later in the year.
